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Muhammad Ali Pate

Nigerian physician and politician (born 1968) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Muhammad Ali Pate
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Muhammad Ali Pate CON (born 6 September, 1968) is a Nigerian physician and politician. He was appointed as Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Nigeria in 2023. Before taking office, he held the position of Professor of Public Health Leadership in the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard University[1][2][3]. He also served as director of the Global Financing Facility (GFF) for women, children and adolescents at the World Bank Group.[4] where he previously worked in various roles, across several regions for the World Bank Group beginning in 2000.[5]

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Pate served as the Executive Director of Nigeria's National Primary Health Care Development Agency,[6][7] and was then appointed as Nigeria's Minister of State for Health in July 2011.[8] He resigned on 24 July 2013 to take up a professorship at Duke University Global Health Institute.[9][10][11][12] He later served as the Chief Executive Officer of Big Win Philanthropy[13][14] and as the Global Director for Health, Nutrition, and Population.[15] He is a former Minister of State for Health in Nigeria.[16][17][18][19][20]

In October 2022, Pate was conferred the title Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) by then President Muhammadu Buhari, alongside 447 other Nigerians.[21] In February 2023, he became the CEO of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI).[22]

He is an American board-certified physician in both Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases.

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Early life and education

The son of a Fulani herdsman, Pate was born on September 6, 1968 and was raised in the northern region of Misau.[6] After graduating from high school, he enrolled in Ahmadu Bello University in Kaduna State. After completing a medical degree, he moved to The Gambia and worked in rural hospitals. He later became a fellow in infectious diseases at the University of Rochester Medical Center.[23]

Pate studied at University College London,[24] receiving a Master’s degree in Health System Management from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine[25] and an MBA with a Health Sector Concentration from Duke University.

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Career

Before his appointment to the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) in 2008, he had a 10-year career at the World Bank, where he led far-reaching health sector reform programs in Africa, East Asia, and other regions.[26] He held several senior positions, including Senior Health Specialist and Human Development Sector Coordinator for the East Asia/Pacific Region and Senior Health Specialist for the African Region.[27]

He initiated a landmark public-private partnership to replace a National Referral Hospital in Lesotho.[28]

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As Nigeria's Minister of Health and Social Welfare

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed him in August 2023 as Nigeria's Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare. He has introduced various initiatives aimed at improving the country’s healthcare system and social welfare programs.[29] With Nigeria’s population exceeding 220 million in 2023, his tenure has focused on addressing healthcare accessibility and social welfare challenges.[30] His approach targets issues such as poverty, illiteracy, and social well-being.[29]

He revitalized the National Health Insurance Authority of Nigeria, expanding its health insurance coverage and reducing healthcare expenses.[31] In 2023 and 2024, he oversaw the extension of basic healthcare provisions, distributing 45,900,000,000 naira to 8,800 Primary Healthcare Centers (PHC),[32] expanding the malaria vaccine (RTSS) rollout, and improving immunization and maternal health programs in rural Nigerian PHCs.[33] Furthermore, he introduced solutions that improved maternal health across 172 local government areas of Nigeria,[34] community health engagement and social welfare integration,[35] and introduced primary healthcare sustainability through domestic financing and private-sector partnerships by mobilizing domestic resources.[36]

Recognitions and awards

Among several national and international accolades he has received for his contribution to the health sector in Nigeria,[37][38] he was featured in TIME Magazine's 100 Health 2025, where he was celebrated for shaping Nigeria's healthcare system.[39]

Other details

In 2012, the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program awarded him the title of Harvard Health Leader.[40] He holds the title of Chigari (or Knight) in Misau.

Recent publications

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Book chapters and technical reports

  • Baris, E., Silverman, R., Wang, H., Zhao, F., Pate, M., Walking the Talk: Reimagining Primary Healthcare in the post-COVID-19 era. Published by the World Bank, April 2022.
  • Liam Donaldson, Thomas Frieden, Susan Goldstein, Muhammad Pate. Every virus. 17th Report of the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). June 2021.
  • Liam Donaldson, Thomas Frieden, Susan Goldstein, Muhammad Pate. Every virus. 16th Report of the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). June 2019.
  • Liam Donaldson, Thomas Frieden, Susan Goldstein, Muhammad Pate. Every virus. 15th Report of the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). June 2018.
  • Liam Donaldson, Thomas Frieden, Susan Goldstein, Muhammad Pate. Every virus. 14th Report of the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). June 2017.
  • Emmanuel Jimenez and Muhammad Pate. Reaping a Demographic Dividend in Africa's Largest Country: Nigeria. In: Hans Groth & John F. May, eds. "Africa's Population: In Search of a Demographic Dividend", Dordrecht: Springer Publishers, 2017 (ISBN 978-3-319-46887-7).
  • Muhammad Pate. Contributor to "The Art and Science of Delivery": McKinsey's Voices on Society, Published in 2013 in honor of the 10th Anniversary of the Skoll World Forum.
  • Pate, Muhammad Ali; Gyapong, John O.; Dowdle, Walter R.; Hopkins, Adrian; Hozumi, Dairiku; Malecela, Mwelecele; Tyson, Stewart (2011). "Group Report: Designing Elimination or Eradication Initiatives that Interface Effectively with Health Systems". Disease Eradication in the 21st Century. pp. 273–286. doi:10.7551/mitpress/9780262016735.003.0019. ISBN 978-0-262-01673-5.
  • Pate, Muhammad Ali; Schoppig, Joel (2012). "Africa's Growing Giant – Population Dynamics in Nigeria". Population Dynamics in Muslim Countries. pp. 211–224. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-27881-5_13. ISBN 978-3-642-27880-8.
  • Pate M.A., Beeharry G., Abramson W. Improving health care access for the poor: A case study of the Washington, D.C. public health care reforms. Presented at the 4th Europe and the Americas conference on health sector reforms, February 2002, Malaga, Spain.
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